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M2: Judgement Nay - Megan 2.0 review by griggs

M3GAN 2.0 struggles to find its footing and rarely justifies its existence. The first film was marketed squarely as horror but never fully delivered on that front. Instead, it found unexpected success through bursts of action and darkly comic beats. This sequel leans hard into that shift, abandoning tension in favour of broad comedy and loud spectacle. The result feels lightweight and derivative, lacking the eerie undertone that gave the original its edge.

The first act drags, and once things finally get moving, the tone lurches wildly—most notably with the arrival of Jermaine Clement’s character, a strange mash-up of Austin Powers and a bargain-bin tech-bro. Clement is a gifted comic actor, but he’s completely miscast here; he dominates the screen with ease, exposing how flat the rest of the cast is by comparison.

The plot plays like a pale pastiche of Terminator 2, with M2 herself relegated to a handful of uninspired action sequences. The supporting characters grate, the twist is visible a mile off, and the whole film feels like a laboured attempt to replicate the first’s accidental magic. It misses the mark by some distance.